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Administrative Areas

Ward
River
Local Authority
Medway
Constituency
Rochester and Strood
Region
South East
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
136
Population
534
Males
31%
Females
69%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
111
England❚ME1 1JE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
22
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
57
C2 Skilled manual workers
12
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
20

Age Groups

Population
534
Under 16
6%
16 - 64
87%
65 or over
7%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
3%
16 - 29
67%
30 - 44
10%
45 - 59
8%
60 - 74
7%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
502
Single
383
Married
76
Civil partnership
1
Separated
1
Divorced
28
Widowed
13

Health

Population
534
Very good
254
Good
240
Fair
29
Bad
7
Very bad
28

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
502
England❚ME1 1JE❚
Degree or above
214
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
75
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
38
Apprenticeship
122
Other qualifications
20
No qualifications
26

Ethnicity

Population
534
White British
419
White Irish
7
White Other
38
Mixed Black Caribbean
14
Mixed Asian
4
Mixed Other
5
Asian Indian
9
Asian Chinese
20
Asian Other
8
Black African
5
Black Caribbean
3
Arab
2

Country of Birth

Population
534
England
418
Scotland
8
Wales
21
Ireland
6
Germany
4
Italy
1
Portugal
4
Poland
6
Turkey
7
Nigeria
1
Kenya
1
Somalia
1
Zimbabwe
2
China
6
Bangladesh
2
India
4
Sri Lanka
1
Philippines
1
North America - Other
1
South America
1
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
4
Australia
4

Religion

Population
534
Christian
209
Buddhist
2
Hindu
3
Muslim
15
Sikh
4
Other
1
No religion
263
Not stated
37

Industry

Population
170
Mining
2
Manufacturing
4
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
39
Transport and storage
16
Accommodation and food
25
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
7
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
14
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
11
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
486
England❚ME1 1JE❚
Full-Time employee
83
Part-Time employee
22
Self employed
21
Unemployed
21
Retired
20
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
308
Unemployed 16 - 24
12
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
136
Owned outright
20
Owned with mortgage
40
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
16
Rented - private landlord
41
Rented - other private
14
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
148
Occupied
136
Unoccupied
12
Detached
10
Semi detached
24
Terraced
46
Flat - purpose built
31
Flat - converted
27
Flat - in commerical building
10

Household Size

All categoies
136
One person
55
Two people
37
Three people
12
Four people
8
Five people
6
Six people
18

Nearby postcodes

ME1 2HP ME1 2ED ME1 2HW ME1 2EE ME1 2EW ME1 2EN ME1 2HF ME1 2HQ ME1 2HG ME1 2JZ ME1 2EL ME1 2EF ME1 2LW ME1 2DU ME1 2EH ME1 2EP ME1 2ES ME1 2AW ME1 2AP ME1 2AF ME1 2AN ME1 2AE ME1 2DX ME1 2DR ME1 2XN ME1 2DT ME1 2DS ME1 2DD ME1 2DH ME1 2DA ME1 1YJ ME1 2BY ME1 2BZ ME1 2BF ME1 2DE ME1 2DF ME1 2DQ ME1 2DG ME1 2ET ME1 2AB ME1 2FE ME4 6TU ME1 1BN ME1 1DX ME4 6TJ ME1 1DZ ME1 1RD

Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019